Virtual and Real Object Collisions in a Merged Environment
Daniel G. Aliaga · Virtual Reality Software and Technology · 1994
See-through head-mounted display capability is becoming an important part of Virtual Environment applications. In such applications, it may be desirable to model the physical behavior of the virtual objects and their interaction with the real objects. This paper describes a software system which integrates interactive collision detection, collision response and seethrough head-mounted displays. The system employs a static model of the real world environment and allows for arbitrary convex virtual objects to be placed in the environment. The user may control the positions and velocities of the virtual objects. An approximately constant time collision detection algorithm and a Newtonian Mechanics based single point contact collision response is used to model the apparent physical interaction of the virtual and real objects for moderately complex environments. Keywords: Virtual Reality, See-through Head-Mounted Displays, Collision Detection, Dynamics, Parallel. 1. Introduction...